Power Outage in Washburn, WI

Trees and power lines downed in Barnes during the storm.

Trees were downed onto power lines near Namekagon causing power outages.

Widespread tree damage was reported along with downed trees blocking roads and taking down power lines along Big Sand Bay Road and Little Sand Bay Road.

The storm produced damaging winds that led to downed trees and power outages near Namekagon.

Power lines were downed by the storm.

Power lines were downed by the storm.

There were 8 to 9 diameter trees down and the power was out. There were other trees damaged.

A 5' diameter tree was down. Other trees 5 to 12 in diameter were snapped. There were widespread power outages.

The strong winds caused scattered power outages county-wide.

An area of low pressure lifting northeastward brought a short but heavy period of snow to the region during the evening of the 10th before ending during the early morning hours. Snowfall reports of 5 to 7 inches were recorded in Douglas and Bayfield counties. Further east, warmer air led to freezing rain across portions of Ashland, Sawyer, Iron and Price counties with ice accumulations up to a quarter of an inch in spots leading to very slick roads and a few isolated power outages.

A combination of a shortwave and cold front marched severe storms across northwest Wisconsin during the afternoon and early evening hours. These storms produced hail to around an inch in diameter and damaging winds that led to downed trees and limbs that produced power outages.

A slow moving and powerful winter storm spread snow across the Northland starting the evening of the 29th and brought a few waves of snow into the afternoon of the 30th. The low then deepened and passed to the south of the region, bringing heavy snowfall and high winds the evening of the 30th into the morning of the 1st. idespread snowfall totals of 6 to 12 inches were observed with this storm with heavier amounts to around 2 feet along the South Shore of Lake Superior.

A cold front moved through the region during the day and lead to isolated thunderstorms across northwest Wisconsin during the afternoon. A few of the storm were marginally severe with one storm knocking down power lines.

An autumn storm hit the Northland and brought strong winds, driving rain and some snow. The hardest hit area was the western end of Lake Superior, where winds gusting over 60 mph caused tremendous waves to crash on to shore. The crashing waves and storm surge, aided by an elevated water level of Lake Superior, caused considerable damage to Duluth���s Lakewalk and flooded Duluth���s Canal Park. Traffic was restricted when South Lake Avenue was flooded at the entrance to the aerial lift bridge. There was also major damage to Duluth���s Brighton Beach with damage to the road and major erosion to the shoreline as well as a tremendous amount of debris that was strewn across the park from the powerful waves. The high winds, heavy rain and strong storm surge also caused some county roads to flood along the north shore of Lake Superior and in downtown Grand Marais. Numerous trees and branches were blown down across the Northland, with the hardest hit areas along the north and south shore where winds were the strongest. Many areas lost power. The winds increased during the evening of October 9th with northeast wind gusts reaching over 30 mph. By morning winds gusts were near 50 mph at the Duluth Airport. The winds remained gusty in the 35 to 50 mph range all day and decreased to below 30 mph after 7:00 pm. Some highest wind gusts include 86 mph from the Canadian freighter Algowood off the north shore near Castle Danger, 64 mph and 20 foot waves from the Canadian ship the CSL Assinibione as it was anchored near Duluth, 55 mph in east Duluth, 52 mph at Glensheen Mansion and 46 mph at the Duluth Airport. All of these highest gusts were recorded the morning of October 10th. At 10 am on the 10th, the Areal Lift Bridge in Duluth���s Canal Park recorded a steady wind from 40 to 45 mph and 5 to 9 feet waves. Later that afternoon waves were 10 feet in the ship canal. The storm was caused by a strong low pressure area that developed in the Texas Panhandle on October 9th. By Wednesday, October 10th, the center of the low was over far southern Minnesota while high pressure as situated across much of Canada. Temperatures to the north of the low were in the 40s and south of the low they were in the 70s. This strong gradient in temperature and pressure helped create the strong northeast winds that blew across Lake Superior. The long fetch and the high Lake Superior water level contributed to the high waves and storm surge. Lake Superior levels were almost a foot higher than October normal. By Thursday, October 11th, the low���s center was over eastern Lake Superior which caused the winds to become northwesterly and calmed the Lake Superior waves. Heavy rainfall was also observed with this storm, leading to some minor flooding in northwest Wisconsin.

Ice, from one-quarter to -one-half inch thick, coated trees, roads and sidewalks. There were sporadic power outages.